Day 281 "Party of Eight' ink & marker 6 x 12

A couple of good friends and I have a standing dinner date once each month.  In our busy lives, it's wonderful to have the date on the calendar each month so we need to communicate if we have to change it.  Having the date on the calendar as default means we get together about eight times each year, missing the monthly date only when we are away, or over-booked.  If our default was to see each other only when we made plans, my guess is the frequency would drop significantly.  
The other night, we ate at a local waterfront restaurant, always busy, reliably fresh, good seafood.  The next table had an extended family dinner, diners aged about eight to eighty.  I loved their varied conversational poses across the generations.  
This is my two hundred eighty-first daily drawing.  Thank you for your continued interest, and comments.